From fe8657933d9d6b27ab4f7cb8412f7b836bf1314b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chalmer lowe <chalmerlowe@google.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 09:54:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] feat(ci): revamp parallel test outputs for searchability
 and clarity

---
 .kokoro/system.sh | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.kokoro/system.sh b/.kokoro/system.sh
index 7635c0be17ea..a74ab05762c5 100755
--- a/.kokoro/system.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/system.sh
@@ -263,16 +263,23 @@ for path in `find 'packages' \
     files_to_check=("${package_path}")
   fi
 
-  echo "checking changes with 'git diff ${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH}...${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_COMMIT} -- ${files_to_check[*]}'"
   set +e
   # Passing the array expanded as arguments to git diff
   package_modified=$(git diff "${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH}...${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_COMMIT}" -- "${files_to_check[@]}" | wc -l)
   set -e
 
-  if [[ "${package_modified}" -gt 0 || "$KOKORO_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_SUBDIR" == *"continuous"* ]]; then
+  states=()
+  [[ "${package_modified}" -gt 0 ]] && states+=("changed")
+  [[ "$KOKORO_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_SUBDIR" == *"continuous"* ]] && states+=("continuous")
+
+  # Join states with a comma
+  state_str=$(IFS=, ; echo "${states[*]}")
+
+  if [[ ${#states[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+      echo "[checking] ${package_name}:${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_COMMIT:-HEAD}, state: ${state_str}"
       PACKAGES_TO_TEST+=("$package_name")
   else
-      echo "No changes in ${package_name} and not a continuous build, skipping."
+      echo "[checking] ${package_name}:${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_COMMIT:-HEAD}, state: skipped (no changes)"
   fi
 done
 

From c3bdf0971c1884aac6a4690834030583e87254e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chalmer lowe <chalmerlowe@google.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 10:21:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] chore(ci): add trigger comment to google-cloud-testutils
 to fire system tests

---
 packages/google-cloud-testutils/setup.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-testutils/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-testutils/setup.py
index f0def265cb19..0481f3dadb5d 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-testutils/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-testutils/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2017 Google LLC
+# Trigger parallel system test run
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 import io
 import os
 import re
+
 import setuptools  # type: ignore
 
 version = None

From 13ac53c8f7df65a05ef74da9aa125db3596b636b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chalmer lowe <chalmerlowe@google.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 11:08:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] feat(ci): update package checking output to aligned
 State-First format (Variation 1)

---
 .kokoro/system.sh | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.kokoro/system.sh b/.kokoro/system.sh
index a74ab05762c5..fc9e33f60869 100755
--- a/.kokoro/system.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/system.sh
@@ -275,11 +275,13 @@ for path in `find 'packages' \
   # Join states with a comma
   state_str=$(IFS=, ; echo "${states[*]}")
 
+  commit_hash="${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_COMMIT:-HEAD}"
+
   if [[ ${#states[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
-      echo "[checking] ${package_name}:${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_COMMIT:-HEAD}, state: ${state_str}"
+      printf "TEST %-20s %-40s %s\n" "[${state_str}]" "${package_name}" "${commit_hash}"
       PACKAGES_TO_TEST+=("$package_name")
   else
-      echo "[checking] ${package_name}:${KOKORO_GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_COMMIT:-HEAD}, state: skipped (no changes)"
+      printf "SKIP %-20s %-40s %s\n" "[no_changes]" "${package_name}" "${commit_hash}"
   fi
 done
 

From 2aa3f43ea8a3a0eb2438433eca107be995ce728d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chalmer lowe <chalmerlowe@google.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 13:20:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] chore(ci): trigger kokoro